1826. John Adams, second president of the United States, died, aged 91. He was one of those patriots who most warmly advocated the declaration of independence in congress, and was an able statesman.
1831. James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, died, aged 73. He joined the revolutionary army in 1778, and after the close of the war was constantly in the service of his country, as a statesman, till the close of his life.
1845. Texas finally annexed to the United States, by a convention of its citizens ratifying the action of the United States senate.
1845. An Englishman by the name of Speer, accompanied by three chamois hunters, set out from Interlachen to ascend the Wetterhorn, or peak of tempests, one of the highest of the Oberland Alps, which had never been trodden by the foot of man. They reached the summit on the 8th, after a tedious and dangerous effort. The height of the peak ascended is 12,000 feet and upwards.
1848. De Chateaubriand, a distinguished French savan, died at Paris, aged 80.
1848. Treaty of peace with Mexico proclaimed at Washington.
1848. Ceremony of laying the corner stone of the Washington monument at Washington, conducted with great pomp.
1849. Two thousand and seventy-four immigrants arrived in the steerage at New York.
1850. Kirby, an eminent entomologist, died at Suffolk, England, aged 91. His work on the bees of England described upwards of 200 wild species in that country.
1853. The first Norwegian rail road opened.